Bay Shores Senior Care And Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-04-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (989) 686-3770 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bay Shores Senior Care And Rehab Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.3/100, placing it #7185 of 14703 facilities nationally and #186 of 423 in Michigan. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Bay Shores Senior Care And Rehab Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 40 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 47 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 21 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 15 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Bay Shores Senior Care And Rehab Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 17 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 49.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bay Shores Senior Care And Rehab Center ranks 7185th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 186th out of 423 nursing homes. In Bay City, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,486 nationally and RN hours rank #3,911 nationally (#172 in MI). Our composite quality score of 72.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Bay City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/bay-city/